“Fuck you Facebook. That was the first thought I had when I woke up this morning. Followed by: What ministry is Mark Zuckerberg volunteering to manage for the dictators of the world? All I could think of is how Orwell’s Ministry of Love is about hate. So what are we creating here? The Ministry of Empowerment to ensure the oppression of the most vulnerable? Lovely. But maybe you, dear reader, have a better Ministry name for their new organizational identity?”
Source : The Ministry of Empowerment
- “Starting in the US, we are ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.
- We will allow more speech by lifting restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discourse and focusing our enforcement on illegal and high-severity violations.
- We will take a more personalized approach to political content, so that people who want to see more of it in their feeds can.”
“Une conclusion importante de ces tests, c’est la seule utilisation de résolveurs DNS menteurs pour effectuer la censure en France. Si cette méthode est très peu intrusive, elle est également facile à contourner en utilisant des résolveurs DNS alternatifs. On voit déjà dans certains cas comme le streaming de compétitions sportives que des ayants-droits commencent à s’attaquer à des résolveurs DNS autres que ceux des FAIs. Pour nous, il y a un risque important d’escalade dans les moyens de censure qui pourraient aller jusqu’à imposer l’utilisation de technologies intrusives comme le Deep Packet Inspection.
La seconde information qui ressort de ces tests, c’est l’important aléa dans la mise en place de la censure en France. À l’exception des sites de jeux illégaux bloqués de manière relativement cohérente entre les FAIs, on voit qu’il y a une très grande différence dans les blocages des autres sites. Par exemple sur la propriété intellectuelle, sur les 379 sites que nous avons identifiés bloqués par au moins un FAI, seul 138 de ceux-ci sont bloqués par les 4 FAIs, soit 36 %. Sans vouloir appeler à plus de censure par les FAIs, cet aléa dans la mise en place des blocages de site pose question sur l’égalité des citoyen·nes devant la loi, puisque des personnes ont accès à des sites différents selon leur FAI.”
Source : Analyse technique | Censxres
“We have heard concerns from victims, experts, and other stakeholders that user reporting alone may not scale effectively for impact or adequately address the risk that imagery can be accessed via search. As a result, today we are announcing that we are partnering with StopNCII to pilot a victim-centered approach to detection in Bing, our search engine. StopNCII is a platform run by SWGfL that enables adults from around the world to protect themselves from having their intimate images shared online without their consent. StopNCII enables victims to create a “hash” or digital fingerprint of their images, without those images ever leaving their device (including synthetic imagery). Those hashes can then be used by a wide range of industry partners to detect that imagery on their services and take action in line with their policies.”
Source : An update on our approach to tackling intimate image abuse – Microsoft On the Issues
“Beyond detailing the threat posed by generative AI tools that can tweak images, Tech Against Terrorism has published a new report citing other ways in which gen AI tools can be used to help extremist groups. These include the use of autotranslation tools that can quickly and easily convert propaganda into multiple languages, or the ability to create personalized messages at scale to facilitate recruitment efforts online. But Hadley believes that AI also provides an opportunity to get ahead of extremist groups and use the technology to preempt what they will use it for.
»We’re going to partner with Microsoft to figure out if there are ways using our archive of material to create a sort of gen AI detection system in order to counter the emerging threat that gen AI will be used for terrorist content at scale,” Hadley says. “We’re confident that gen AI can be used to defend against hostile uses of gen AI. »”
Source : Here’s How Violent Extremists Are Exploiting Generative AI Tools | WIRED
“Dans une tentative louable, mais périlleuse de lutter contre la fraude en ligne, la France s’apprête à obliger les créateurs de navigateurs à mettre en œuvre une fonctionnalité technique relevant de la dystopie. L’article 6 du projet de loi SREN obligerait les développeurs de navigateur à créer les moyens de bloquer obligatoirement les sites web figurant sur une liste fournie par le gouvernement et intégrée directement dans le navigateur. Une telle mesure renverserait des décennies de normes établies en matière de modération des contenus. Celle-ci fournira également aux gouvernements autoritaires un moyen de minimiser l’efficacité des outils qui peuvent être utilisés pour contourner la censure.”
“Les tâches de reconnaissance d’images réputées inaccessibles pour les machines deviennent maintenant plus simples pour elles que pour les humains. Des chercheurs de l’Université de Californie à Irvine (UC Irvine) ont en effet comparé les performances des humains avec celles des algorithmes de résolution de CAPTCHA et ont montré que la machine était, la plupart du temps, meilleure et plus rapide. Ils ont présenté leurs résultats à la conférence USENIX Security en ce mois d’août (PDF).”
Source : CAPTCHA : les machines « prouvent » plus rapidement qu’elles sont des humains
“As of July 20, 2023, the AI classifier is no longer available due to its low rate of accuracy. We are working to incorporate feedback and are currently researching more effective provenance techniques for text, and have made a commitment to develop and deploy mechanisms that enable users to understand if audio or visual content is AI-generated.”
“The proposal says the minor mode feature would try to prevent “internet addiction” by limiting children younger than 8 to 40 minutes of smartphone time a day. The time limit would increase with age, reaching two hours daily for those ages 16 to 18.Apps would also have to tailor their content for different age groups. Children younger than 3, for example, should be shown nursery rhymes and programs that can be watched with parents, according to documents from the Cyberspace Administration of China. Those between 8 and 12 could be offered videos about life skills, general knowledge, age-appropriate news and “entertainment content for positive guidance.””
Source : China Proposes ‘Minor Mode’ to Limit Kids’ Smartphone Use – The New York Times
“Apple announced that in 2022, the App Store prevented over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions, and rejected nearly 1.7 million app submissions for failing to meet the App Store’s high standards for privacy, security, and content. ”
Source : App Store stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2022 – Apple
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